We would like to take this opportunity to express our deep regret about the subsequent chain of events

Sunday Mirror

On Monday the judge dismissed the jury of seven men and four women - who had been considering their verdicts for 21 hours over three days - after learning that some of them had seen the Sunday Mirror article.

A court order prevents the contents of the article from being reported.

The judge also referred a possible contempt case against the newspaper to the Attorney General.

In a statement the paper said: "We are currently seeking to establish the precise editorial and legal processes that were taken last week which led to the publication of the article in the Sunday Mirror.

"We would like to take this opportunity to express our deep regret about the subsequent chain of events."